87: The parameter is incorrect about plexbackup HOT 13 CLOSED

yes.
that is exactly what I tried last night. I ran the full script using that change and the backup worked fine with no error.

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Please, see #67

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I tried this from #67
runas /machine:amd64 /trustlevel:0x20000 "$Script:PlexServerPath"

and I got this error instead:
RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Media Server.exe
216: This version of C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Media Server.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information and then contact the software publisher.

Is the backup actually good despite subdirs 1 and 4 being empty? If so I'll I'll ignore the error. A while back I let Windows "upgrade" from Win 10 to Win 11. What a mistake that was. I hate Win 11. I am backing up the Plex data so I can reinstall with Win 10 instead of Win 11.

Thank you for making this script. It's very well written and is very useful to a lot of people.

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Thanks. In 99% of cases folders 1 and 4 should be empty, so if you see the SUCCESS message, you should be fine, except that the PMS could not get started. Btw, I am running out-of-the box script on Windos 11 Pro and it works fine, so I'm wondering what is wrong on your system. Have you tried the /machine:x86 parameter instead of amd64?

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the PC is an AMD so I didn't try /machine:x86. The PC is a little Beelink Ser 3 mini PC. I have Kodi on it to watch media on my TV for myself and I have Plex on it for my friends. Hopefully I can get the data for both restored to a Win 10 install.

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So, have you tried the x86 switch?

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not yet. I'll try it and let you know.

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with /machine:x86 it gave me the help for runas.

PS D:> .\PlexBackup.ps1
RUNAS USAGE:

RUNAS [ [/noprofile | /profile] [/env] [/savecred | /netonly] ]
/user: program

RUNAS [ [/noprofile | /profile] [/env] [/savecred] ]
/smartcard [/user:] program

RUNAS [ [/machine:] ] /trustlevel: program

/noprofile specifies that the user's profile should not be loaded.
This causes the application to load more quickly, but
can cause some applications to malfunction.
/profile specifies that the user's profile should be loaded.
This is the default.
/env to use current environment instead of user's.
/netonly use if the credentials specified are for remote
access only.
/savecred to use credentials previously saved by the user.
/smartcard use if the credentials are to be supplied from a
smartcard.
/user should be in form USER@DOMAIN or DOMAIN\USER
/showtrustlevels displays the trust levels that can be used as arguments
to /trustlevel.
/trustlevel should be one of levels enumerated
in /showtrustlevels.
/machine specifies the machine architecture of the process.
should be one of x86|amd64|arm|arm64.
program command line for EXE. See below for examples

Examples:

runas /noprofile /user:mymachine\administrator cmd
runas /profile /env /user:mydomain\admin "mmc %windir%\system32\dsa.msc"
runas /env /user:[email protected] "notepad "my file.txt""

NOTE: Enter user's password only when prompted.
NOTE: /profile is not compatible with /netonly.
NOTE: /savecred is not compatible with /smartcard.

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That's weird. I suspect there is something wrong in the command-line parameters. The /machine option is a misnomer here. It does not indicate the OS architecture. It is supposed to specify the architecture of the app: amd64 for 64-bit apps, and x86 for 32-bit apps. AFAIK, PMS has a 32-bit and a 64-bit version, so depending on the version you are using, one of these two flags should work. If I were to troubleshoot, I would've stopped PMS, and try to launch it from command line manually (and play with the flags):

runas /machine:amd64 /trustlevel:0x20000 "PATH TO PMS EXE"

or

runas /machine:x86 /trustlevel:0x20000 "PATH TO PMS EXE"

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this worked:
runas /machine:x86 /trustlevel:0x20000 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Media Server.exe"

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So, if you change this line:

runas /trustlevel:0x20000 "$Script:PlexServerPath"

to

runas /machine:x86 /trustlevel:0x20000 "$Script:PlexServerPath"

it should work, too.

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Cool. I think I will add a switch for this since it happens to people once in a while.

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Added a workaround in https://github.com/alekdavis/PlexBackup/releases/tag/v2.1.7.

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